Expert Analysis

Tackling DOL Tips On When Midday Commutes Are Paid Time

Two recent U.S. Department of Labor opinion letters explain when travel between home and work is compensable, prov... (more story)

9th Circ. Wage Ruling Shows Arbitration Pacts Are Still Useful

After years of uncertainty for California employers, the Ninth Circuit’s recent Cocom v. ABM Aviation decision sig... (more story)

NLRB Ruling Highlights Risk From Employee Handbook Test

A National Labor Relations Board judge's recent decision to strike down a workplace rule that only theoretically i... (more story)

Labor More

NLRB Official Won't OK Woman's Union Spot At Ohio Bus Co.

A Teamsters local that represents dozens of school bus monitors and drivers in Pickerington, Ohio, can't include the employee who punishes students who act out on the bus, a National Labor Relations Board offi... (more story)

Fla. Union Denied Worker Due Process, NLRB Judge Says

An International Longshoremen's Association local violated federal labor law by failing to notify a member of the internal charges filed against him and using "questionable evidence" to make its case, a Nation... (more story)

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Erie Bus Dispatchers Aren't Union-Exempt Supervisors

Seven dispatchers at the Metropolitan Transit Authority for Erie, Pennsylvania, are not "supervisors" exempt from membership in the authority's labor union, since their roles in scheduling overtime or reportin... (more story)

Top Takeaways From This Year's Public Defender Strikes

This summer, hundreds of New York City public defenders met their managers at the bargaining table armed with the same strategies their union peers used a year ago, though they found a changed financial and po... (more story)

Army Base Baker Fired Over Union Rep Request, Judge Says

A food services contractor at a U.S. Army base in Washington state violated federal labor law by firing a worker who requested a union representative after her manager angrily called her into a meeting, a Nati... (more story)

Union Protest Site Was Private Property, Amazon Says

Amazon has urged a New York federal court to toss the remaining claims in a lawsuit alleging the company illegally called the police on labor demonstrations after its workers' union affiliated with the Teamste... (more story)

25K Workers 'Out Of Luck': Feds Defend Layoffs At 9th Circ.

The federal government Friday urged the Ninth Circuit to reverse a finding that the U.S. Office of Personnel Management wrongfully fired 25,000 probationary workers shortly after President Donald Trump took of... (more story)

Discrimination More

NJ College Absolved Of Gender Bias For Not Reinstating Prof

A New Jersey federal jury sided with The College of New Jersey over a professor who alleged the college's finance department was run like an old boys club, finding the college did not discriminate or retaliate... (more story)

Safelite Says EEOC Can't Support Nationwide Sex Bias Claims

Auto glass repair company Safelite urged a Georgia federal court to trim the U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission's lawsuit alleging the company refused to hire women as technicians, arguing the claims... (more story)

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4th Circ. Reopens Religious Bias Suit Over COVID Vaccine

The Fourth Circuit on Monday revived a lawsuit alleging a hygiene products company fired a sales administrator instead of granting her a religious exemption from its COVID-19 vaccination policy, ruling she'd a... (more story)

Manufacturer Must Face Fired Manager's FMLA Retaliation Suit

A manufacturing company can't escape a plant manager's Family and Medical Leave Act retaliation suit, a Michigan federal judge ruled, finding the company failed to explain why it chose to fire him and not a co... (more story)

EEOC Says NYT Retaliation Claims Lack Basis In Bias Suit

The U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission urged a New York federal judge Friday to toss The New York Times' counterclaims in a race and sex bias suit, saying the newspaper is trying to reframe a straigh... (more story)

2nd Circ. Upholds School District's Pride Flag Bias Suit Win

The Second Circuit refused Monday to reinstate a lawsuit alleging that a Long Island school district unlawfully banned three LGBTQ+ high school teachers from displaying pride flags, concluding that classroom d... (more story)

New EEOC Briefs Back Workers In Religion, Harassment Suits

The U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission recently called on the Second Circuit to reconsider raising the bar religious workers must meet when suing over denied job accommodations, two days before telli... (more story)

Wage & Hour More

Production Co. Tried To Pay Worker With Zelle, Suit Says

A production company misclassified production crews as independent contractors, failed to pay full wages, used invoices and attempted to pay one worker through Zelle instead of a payroll system, according to a... (more story)

Gig Cos. Push Back On NYC In 2nd Circ. Delivery Fight

DoorDash, Uber and Instacart pushed back against New York City's defense of delivery-worker laws, telling the Second Circuit that the city cannot overcome First Amendment objections to its tipping requirements... (more story)

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6th Circ. Backs $450K Punitive Award For Mich. Farmworkers

A Sixth Circuit panel has upheld a $450,000 punitive damages award for five Guatemalan farmworkers who accused a West Michigan agricultural labor contractor and its owners of trafficking-related and wage law a... (more story)

Domino's Seeks To Deliver Noncompete Suit To Arbitration

Domino's Pizza asked a Washington state court to compel individual arbitration of a former yard driver's proposed class claims alleging the company's conflict-of-interest policy illegally restricted workers fr... (more story)

PNC Bank Escapes NY Loan Officers' Wage Statement Claim

A Pennsylvania federal court dismissed Monday a wage statement claim brought by mortgage loan officers against PNC Bank, finding the officers could not show that they were harmed by inaccurate pay stubs when t... (more story)

Translation Co. Blocked From Early Appeal Of Wage Ruling

A California federal court denied a translation services company's attempt to send a narrow wage statement timing question to the Ninth Circuit before trial, finding the appeal would not meaningfully advance the litigation.

UPS Workers Sue For Security Screening Time Pay

United Parcel Service Inc. required employees to go through security screenings before work, wouldn't let them clock in until afterward and forced them through another unpaid check before they could leave, two... (more story)